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No. 275,837. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JAMES C. MOLAUGHLIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BATH-ROOM.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 275,837, dated April 1'7, 1883,

Application filed April 24, 1682.

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To all whom at. may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES C. MCLAUGHLIN, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Bathltooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is of especial use for hotels and lodging-houses, which houses are sometimes called upon at short notice to entertain a large number of guests; and the object of my invention is to so construct the bath-rooms which are usually connected to the sleepingrooms of hotels in such a manner that they may readily and quickly be converted into sleeping-rooms, and when used for this purpose that no inconvenience shall be experienced from odors arising from the bath-tub, washstand, or water-closet.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the interior of a bath-room as it appears when not in use for a sleeping-room. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, connected to the regular sleeping-room. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, showing the connection and relation of the mattress and its supportingframe to the wall and to the bathtub. Fig. 4

is a sectional view of the water-closet, show-' -proper by a partition, E, and preferably arranged with shelves on one side, shelves above and hooks below on the other side, and a chest of drawers in the middle, as shown.

At the head of the bath-tub is a panel, F, which, when the room is to be used as a bathroom, occupies the position shown in Fig. 1. The lower end of this panel is hinged to the end of the bath-tub, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it may be brought down as a cover to the bathtub, as shown.

To the rear face of the panel F is secured a mattress, G, which forms the bed when the room is to be used as a sleeping-room.

To the end of the panel is attached a narrow head or end board, a, which serves to keep the end of the mattress in shape, and to support the latter when the panel is vertical.

The partition E is recessed, as shown at H, to receive the mattress when not in use.

Some device to aid in raising and lowering the mattress will usually be desired. For this purpose a spring, I), is attached by one end to the head-board a, the other end being attached to a fixed point, 0, located at the bottom of the recess H, and the strain of this spring tends to balance the weight of the mattress and panel, so that they may be easily raised when notin use. That side of the panel F which is outside when the panelis vertical is preferably provided with rubber studs, as shown, so that when the panel is lowered. it shall not injure or deface the top edges of the bath-tub.

The pipe 122, for taking the waste water from the bath-tub, and the pipe n, for taking the waste water from the wash-stand, are each provided with a valve; or the two pipes at and n are at a short distance below the bath-tub united in one pipe, 0, and a valve,f, as shown, is placed in the latter pipe, the valve f being preferably located below the floor or in. the body of the wash-stand, and operated by a rod, f, extending up through the floor to a convenient point, and the upper end of this rod may be provided with an indicator to tell when the valve is open or closed, enabling an unskilled or inexperienced person to readily operate it. Thus all unpleasant and noxious odors arising from the waste pipe or pipes connected with either the bath-tub or wash-stand may be easily and securely shut off when the room is to be used as a sleeping-room.

To prevent any odor arising from the watercloset, and thus prevent the escape of any noxions or unpleasant gas into the room when it is to be used for a sleeping-room, some means must be provided for tightly sealing the watercloset and for this purpose I. preferably employ the means shown in the drawings, in which the top or seat 9 of the closet is provided with a circular channel or groove, 9, and the cover his provided with a gasket, 6, which, when the lid is closed, fits into the groove 9,

tightly sealing the basin of the water-closet, preventing any odor from escaping therefrom. The top and seat are provided with a lip and catch, or catch of any convenient form, whereby when the lid is shut down it may be held very securely in place until released through the agency of an inmate ot' the room. A pipe, I, is connected to the water-closet 0, through which anygas which may arise can escape, the said pipe being connected to a flue or chimney, so that when the cover h is raised there will be no escape of gas into the room.

The top of the cover h may be provided with a cushion or covering, so that when it is closed down it will present the appearance of an ottoman.

While I have shown and described a certain construction of water-closet in connection with the remaining features of my invention, I make no claim for such construction in this connection, as this feature forms the subject of separate Letters Patent; but I merely show and describe it as being the preferred form of construction to be used in connection with my present invention.

When the room is to be used for a sleepingroom, the valve f is turned so as to stop the drainage-pipes m n or the pipe 0. The panel F and mattress are lowered down, forming a cover to the bath-tub, and upon this mattress the bed is made. The cover to the water-closet is also tightly closed, and the room thus pre-.

pared presents the appearance ofa small,neatlyfurnished sleeping-room, and this change from a bath-room may be made in a very short time. In this manner every bath-room in the house may be utilized as a sleeping room when occasion requires.

Having thus described my invention and its purposes, what I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A bathroom having the con1bination,witl1 the bath-tub, of a mattress hinged at one end thereof, whereby itmay be adapted to the purpose of a sleeping-apartment, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the bath-tub A, the panel F, hinged at one end of said bath tub and provided with a mattress, G, and the partition E, provided with recess H, to receive said mattress when not in use, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the bath-tub A, the panel F, and mattress G, and the end board, a, and the spring I), strained between said headboard and a fixed point, 0, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JAMES C. MoLAUGHLIN. Attest:

A. S. LUDLow, E. R. HILL. 

